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Fluoridation of Coonamble’s water supply has been further delayed by at least 18 months. The Coonamble Shire Council voted to introduce it in 2007 and has since received Federal Government funding for a new water treatment plant. General manager Rick Warren says the Department of Health has rejected the initial design for the filtration plant, […]

THE campaign against water fluoridation in Yanchep and Two Rocks has stepped up. Anti-fluoride group Perth Fluoride Free took to the streets on October 15 after the Fluoridation of the Public Water Supplies Advisory Committee’s decision last month to get more information on community views. Resident Dan Stewart said the lack of fluoride in the […]

A requirement to fluoridate any public water supply servicing more than 1,000 persons means that while Inglewood and Texas residents won’t be affected, the Goondiwindi town water supply must be upgraded. Goondiwindi Regional Council Mayor, Graeme Scheu says the change will come at a cost. “Council is responsible for the supply and operation of the […]

A committee, assessing whether fluoride should be introduced into Carnarvon’s water supply, is seeking more community feedback before making recommendations to the Health Minister. At the end of last year, the Health Department announced a plan to fluoridate the water which already contains some natural fluoride. Residents have been given the opportunity to provide submissions […]

Controversy surrounding the introduction of fluoride into the shire’s water supply raised its head again at last month’s Eurobodalla Shire Council meeting. During question time, Councillor Graham Scobie asked council to clarify the cost of the fluoride, the supplier, and which country it would come from – questions posed by Eurobodalla Fluoride Inc. However, Mayor […]

BUNBURY people are desperate to have their say on whether the city should have fluoridated tap water but the health department has not confirmed when their views will be heard. Alarming statistics which revealed that Bunbury children’s teeth are decaying at twice the rate of Perth children were published in last week’s Bunbury Mail. A […]

A MOVE to make water tank fees exempt when fluoride is introduced to Tenterfield town water was thrown out at this month’s Tenterfield Shire Council meeting. Councillor Phil Yates had moved to introduce the motion, but it was ruled illegal following advice from general manager Jim Gossage. Mr Gossage submitted a report to council to […]

MOLONG residents are in favour of having fluoride added to their water supply but Cabonne Council has delayed making a decision. Council wrote to all residents in April seeking feedback about whether to add fluoride to the the town’s water supply. About half responded and just over half were in favour of the proposal. Fifty […]

The Eurobodalla Shire Council on the New South Wales far south coast has officially opened its northern water treatment plant, but the wait for fluoride continues. The facility took two years to build at a cost of $24m, and comes in addition to the Moruya to Deep Creek Dam pipeline which opened a year ago. […]

CARTING water may seem unusual after the abundance of rain, but Councillor Ross Bartley this week insisted on BYO-ing his H2O to council chambers. While councillors were unaware engineers had reinitiated fluoridation of Warwick town water after it was scrapped last month due to initial safety concerns, Cr Bartley was taking no chances. Fluoride started […]